The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties of private citizens.

It's impossible to escape from religion anywhere you are in the States.

I have a vision in my hand that the labels have these vaults, like Scrooge McDuck, except instead of gold coins they have these demo CDs, and sometimes they just go in there and take a swim.

It's hard to convince people when you haven't done anything that the things you're working on are worthy of spending their time and money on: like, "Oh man, I write really great songs, I promise!"

Can you imagine in 1968 some band being like, "Vietnam is the place to be!"

I would rather live in a world where people shout, "This is wrong." than live in a world with superheroes saving the day.

The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.

Europe has certainly lost confidence in itself. This was something that, when I was a young man, we never imagined would happen.

Teaching is a performance art.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

We certainly have to improve on our performances especially up front. It's not that the strikers are not in form, as all four of them are; they just have to be more accurate.

The freedom of America is the freedom to live your own life and take your own chances.

Now if you go exactly where your competitors are, you're dead.

Love is the eternal first breath.